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Russia delivers missile systems to China
Published: 02 April, 2010, 20:13
Edited: 26 October, 2010, 21:50
Russia has delivered 15 batteries of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to China. Officials from the National Defense Sector say the deal is unprecedented both in terms of cost and quantity.
The deal is said to be worth over $2 billion.
The S-300 systems will be used to defend the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai against potential threats. The upgraded S-300 system is capable of hitting short range missiles and also fixed land targets.
Moscow-based political analyst Aleksandr Pikaev thinks China's purchase will not trigger tensions in the region.
“Japan is purchasing the American Patriot system, and likely the Chinese think they need to have their own air defense and missile defense capabilities. I do not expect considerable negative reaction from the region, but certainly the United States would be concerned about that. It would require them to concentrate more offensive weapons on Chinese targets,” Pikaev told RT.
02.04.2010, 15:59
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I don't know what version of S-300 chinese are buying, S-300 Antley has 40 km range for ballistic missiles and can protect against 2500 km range missiles. china doesn't have any ABM system against ICBMS. shooting a low orbit satellite is less complex then shooting a maneuvering ICBM. so they don't have protection against US ICBMS and Indian IRBMs. Soviets and chinese were almost at war in late sixties. chinese also copy and create inferior copies of Russian weapons and eating up Russian arms market. chinese are not friend of any one. so don't advocate chinese.
Tomatoville Just to let you know that the chinese already have the technology to intercept ICBM'S.This was proven a little over two years ago when they shot down and destroyed thier own spy satillite (It had fallen out of its orbit and they did not want the information to end up in the wrong hands). It's kinda funny at the time when this was done the USA and some other western countries denounced such a action however the USA did the exact same thing from a battleship in the pacific. When they did it .....it was barley even mentioned.I do believe Russia is obligated to deliver the S-300 system to the Iranians not because I am pro this and anti that but more to do with the contract itself as well as the fact it clearly falls under the defensive weapons category making it not part of the recent UN mandate.Lets face the facts here some are allowed to violate UN mandates ie 1701 for what 30 years now almost with no such sactions....Whats the difference....OIL......Pakistan ...India....no sactions either ..You just need to ask why that is....
I hope the Russians don't mind that these S-300s will be reverse engineered and domestically produced....